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Letter, from Michael Faraday to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brighton

Reference number: HS/7/184

Date: 13 November 1845

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Autograph letter signed by sender. His letter was a great encouragement and pleasure. Comments on his own and John Frederick William Herschel's experiments with light and magnetism. Contemplates a further series of experiments but requests John Frederick William Herschel not to mention it. Is at Brighton for a rest.

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HS/7/184
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13 November 1845
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3 pages
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Michael Faraday, Michael Faraday, Letter, from Michael Faraday to Sir John Herschel, dated at Brighton, 13 November 1845, HS/7/184, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_184/letter-from-michael-faraday-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-brighton, accessed on 16 November 2025

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